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Æ19 - Marcus Aurelius ΜΗΤΡο ΝΕΩΚ ΝΙΚοΜ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 175-177 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare-headed bust of Commodus, draped in cuirass and paludamentum, facing right. The portrait captures the prince's adolescent features with curling hair rendered in low relief, characteristic of provincial bronze coinage of the Antonine period. The surrounding Greek legend naming Commodus as Caesar runs along the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ |
| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, shown advancing to the right in a striding pose, her wings spread behind her. She holds a wreath in her extended right hand and a palm-branch in her left, both attributes emblematic of victory. The Greek legend of Nicomedia's neokorate title is distributed around the field, with lettering partially in the exergue area, consistent with the civic pride of this important Bithynian metropolis. |
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